Finally book 2 of the Pieces Duet! If you met Jaime and Holden in Pieces of you...you were left lost and not trying to be cheeky but "in pieces." So Pieces of Me was desperately needed after that crazy ending. It has been a while since I've actually sat and written a book review and I have so much to say I'm not even sure where to begin to try and do this one justice.
I guess I will start with admitting that Holden Eastwood is not my all time favorite Jay McLean Character. Crazy because I have no idea why as he is cocky and comical at times. He is soft and sweet other times. He is always sexy! Overall, he's a boy who fell in love and had his heart broken therefore messing up along the way to finding happiness. There is really nothing wrong with his character and he has many swoon worthy moments, but then there isJameson Taylor. This girl here is an all time favorite McLean character and quite possibly my favorite book heroine of all time! Perhaps she was so important and so needed that she drew most of my focus and everyone else seemed "less than"...if that's even the right way to put it.
Getting into the book itself, Pieces of Me isn't just a romance read, or your typical second chance type story. It really is so much more. This book is survival and resilience. It's a growing up in the darkness and finding your footing on your own story. I don't think I have read a character who has been so beautifully broken yet stand up in your face and be willing to try again before. Jamie is a total contrast of fear and bravery. She is a runner who needs grounded. She is open for love while closed to accepting it. She is in one way broken just as her childhood made her to be, yet a amazingly she has a strong heart. She is so capable of giving love and she wants nothing more than for Holden Eastwood to hug her forever.
Honestly I feel like I always say " this is her best" but I think McLean just gets better and better. This read is definitely "hot." Pure fire at times! The intimate moments were so steamy and the character connections were palpable. The writing just flowed so well. I was confused, angry and sad at times, just as the characters were. She does this thing where she makes you feel like you are a part of the story. I was a voyeur into this young couple's becoming and I was desperate for more. That to me is a "great read!"
If the story alone and Jamie's strength weren't enough to make you fall in love, then the secondary characters will make you a serious fan. Holden Eastwood had some good people's in his life and McLean lets you enjoy the hell out of them. So if you want to read and feel light triumph over darkness, or you want to understand the healing that love from "family" brings, this Book will hit every mark. If you want a beautiful love story that has to wilt before it blooms, this book is for you. If you want to know that beginnings do not define ends and that happiness and love can be found after pain, Jameson and Holden will bring you all the feels in Pieces of Me. This book is "sunshine and solace."
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Cathartic, earned conclusion to Holden and Jamie's story.
Pieces of Me, the sequel to Pieces of You and the conclusion to the Pieces Duet, fits a crazy amount of angst, reveals, and feeling into only 384 pages. It feels like a much longer book, but not in a bad way. Synopsis: Set 5 years after the ending of Pieces of You (Side note: I did NOT love the somewhat gimmicky end of Pieces of Me. More on this later), Jamie and Holden are brought together by the death of a mutual friend. No more needs to be said, as you've probably read the first book :) I actually had a bit of a difficult time loving the beginning of this book. Typically I'm not a big fan of time jumps and the model of finding out pieces of what we missed through flashbacks, retellings, and reveals. That's just not my jam. However, I cared about Jamie and Holden's story enough that once I got well into the book, I didn't mind those things so much. The emotions were so raw and complicated, and she did not shy away from showing the imperfections of the characters-- Holden especially. She also didn't magically "fix" Jamie and her trauma off book, which was such a good choice. Here are the things I loved about this book: - Humor is used just right. There are some really intense, emotional moments in the book and whenever I started to feel a bit too much, the tension was broken in an organic way. - The side characters add so much to the story and become important to the main character's growth. - Everything is earned. The emotional payouts are huge, and I felt every aspect of them. Though I think Pieces of You may be the stronger of the 2 books, this is still a 5 star read.
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- Sam_ShemReviewed in the United Kingdom on January 16, 2022
Everything I needed and more!
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